Capitalism : As If the World Matters
Jonathon. Porritt
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Annen tittel | |
|---|---|
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
|
| Omfang | 1 online resource (385 p.)
|
| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Capitalism as if the World Matters; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I OUR UNSUSTAINABLE WORLD; 1 Confiicting Imperatives; INTRODUCTION; THE ASSAULT ON NATURE; ECONOMIC PROSPERITY; OUR CHANGING CLIMATE; BREAKDOWN: BREAKTHROUGH OR COLLAPSE?; A GLIMPSE INTO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE; 2 Sustainable Development for Real; INTRODUCTION; DISENTANGLING THE DEFINITIONS; FRAMING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE WARS IN THE US; THE CHALLENGE TO ENVIRONMENTALISM; 3 Re-engaging with Economic Growth; INTRODUCTION; THE LIMITS TO GROWTH; RAISING THE HAPPINESS STAKES. - DEFINING NATURAL CAPITALNATURAL ADDED VALUE; VALUING NATURE CAPITAL; 8 Human Capital; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING HUMAN CAPITAL; VALUING HUMAN CAPITAL; 9 Social Capital; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING SOCIAL CAPITAL; BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL; 10 Manufactured Capital; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING MANUFACTURED CAPITAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; ALIGNING NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED CAPITAL; 11 Financial Capital; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING FINANCIAL CAPITAL; GOVERNANCE FAILURES; THE BUSINESS CASE; BRINGING FINANCIAL CAPITAL DOWN TO EARTH; PART III BETTER LIVES IN A BETTER WORLD; 12 Confronting Denial; INTRODUCTION. - SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTIONADDRESSING THE GOVERNANCE GAP; 16 Visions and Values; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING THE UNIVERSAL DREAM; SUSTAINABILITY VALUES; CONFRONTING THE SCEPTICS; RAISING OUR SPIRITS; 17 Converging Imperatives; INTRODUCTION; PROGRAMMED FOR SUSTAINABILITY?; EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; MAKING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DESIRABLE; THE HIGH PRICE OF MATERIALISM; THE POLITICS OF INTERDEPENDENCE; Index. - THE CAPACITY FOR DENIALNATURE DENIED; JUSTICE DENIED; CLOSER TO HOME; SECURITY DENIED; SCIENCE DENIED; ARE ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN DENIAL TOO?; 13 Changing the Metrics; INTRODUCTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INDEX OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC WELFARE; AND WHAT ABOUT WELLBEING?; PRICE SIGNALS AND TAX REFORM; THE METRICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; 14 Business Excellence; INTRODUCTION; REVIEWING THE BUSINESS CASE; THE SEDUCTIVE ILLUSION OF CSR; EXTENDING THE LICENCE TO OPERATE; ENGAGING WITH THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID; TOWARDS A MORE BALANCED SCORECARD; 15 Civil Society; INTRODUCTION; CONSUMERS AND CITIZENS. - THE END OF CHEAP OILTHE PEAK OIL/CLIMATE CHANGE INTERFACE; 4 Unsustainable Capitalism?; INTRODUCTION; CAPITALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY; SCALE; WANTS AND NEEDS; COMPETITION; INEQUALITY; INHERENT UNSUSTAINABILITY?; 5 Through the Global Looking Glass; INTRODUCTION; DEMOCRACY AND GLOBALIZATION; CONFRONTING THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS; CONFRONTING THE MULTINATIONALS; CONFRONTING POPULATION GROWTH; TAKING STOCK; PART II A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE CAPITALISM; 6 The Five Capitals Framework; INTRODUCTION; GRAPPLING WITH THE CONCEPT OF CAPITAL; THE CHALLENGE OF CHINA; 7 Natural Capital; INTRODUCTION. - As our great economic machine grinds relentlessly forward into a future of declining fossil fuel supplies, climate change and ecosystem failure, governments are at long last beginning to question the very structure of the global economy. In this fresh, politically charged analysis, Jonathon Porritt wades in on the most pressing question of the 21st century: can capitalism, as the only real economic game in town, be retooled to deliver a sustainable future? Porritt argues that indeed it can, and it must, as he lays out the framework for a new ?sustainable capitalism? that cuts across the politi
|
| Emner | Capitalism
Sustainable development Miljøpolitikk Økonomisk politikk Vis mer... Økonomisk vekst
Business & Economics Bærekraftig utvikling Economic History Kapitalisme Markedsøkonomi kapitalisme markedsøkonomi bærekraftig utvikling miljø |
| Sjanger | |
| Dewey | |
| ISBN | 1844071928. - 9781844071920
|
